The world needs to spend some $540 billion a year looking for oil and gas to maintain current output by 2050 as the pace of declines in existing fields increases, according to the International Energy... — read more
How many Shell folks in IT regularly do Leetcode and study system design?
Anyone in Shell doing it to find their next IT role? Leetcode = website that allows practice of algorithm like programming questions. System design = close view of how major companies run large systems.
Chevron 4 days/wk beginning Jan. 1 - will Shell follow?
Go read on the Chevron board—-looks like they are going to have to be in the office 4 days/week beginning January 1st. Will Shell in the US follow? I think there may be space issues in the UK, so I don’t think they can implement it there,
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on the Future of American Energy
All In interviews Energy Secretary Chris Wright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k3DJbd4tns
Still paying for BVB's terrible management
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/sep/03/shell-scraps-construction-of-biofuels-plant-in-rotterdam
Future jobs that will replace outsourced oil and gas corporate jobs
What future jobs are likely to replace the corporate jobs and salaries that are being outsourced in oil and gas?
Shell Article about Houston office in New York Post
Shell fired white staffers at Houston offices for ‘weaker’ diverse hires in ‘discriminatory’ purge: lawsuit https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/business/shell-ousted-white-security-staffers-for-weaker-diverse-hires-in-discriminatory-purge-lawsuit/
I love life post Shell
I got laid off. It was hard being rejected especially when I looked at my talent less and unethical manager and incompetent coworkers. That still seems unfair. The severance is great!!!!!!!!!!!! Getting insurance through the marketplace was... — read more
Shell Shutters Its Volta EV Charging And Media Division
Shell is shutting down Volta, the EV charging and media network it bought in 2023 for $169M. The company will dismantle more than 2,000 charging stations this year and lay off around 190 employees. Volta’s model combined EV charging with ad screens... — read more
Speed26
Anyone heard anything about their status in Speed26 reorg yet?
Shell: Brace For Disappointing Q2 Results And Early Signs Of Upstream Decline
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4805140-shell-brace-for-dissapointing-q2-results-and-early-signs-of-upstream-decline Q2 may be the beginning of Shell's upstream output decline Looking at Shell's upstream projects... — read more
unemployement
for those who take severance from Shell, can you claim unemployment from Texas
What kind of company is Shell?
It’s simple. We create value by cutting costs and jobs and buying back stock. This will work until the end of time and nothing else is needed. We are an infinite bottomless revenue machine. As soon as we own all of the float we go infinite.
Cost reductions are on track
Comments from SECOND QUARTER 2025 RESULTS: "In the first half of 2025 we achieved some 800 million dollars in structural cost reductions. This brings the total since 2022 to 3.9 billion dollars, putting us firmly on track for our target of 5 to 7... — read more
Do y'all connect your phone to the Corp network to get mail and teams access?
If so, do you worry about searching for job on the same phone. And all the other personal stuff like banking and textin and stuff. Is it safe?
Shell-led LNG Canada is experiencing technical problems
Shell-led LNG Canada is experiencing technical problems as it ramps up production at its liquefied natural gas plant at Kitimat, with one LNG tanker diverting away from the facility without the superchilled fuel in recent days, according to four... — read more
Will Wael ever stop his share buy backs.
I guess he only cares about his bonus and short term gains - destroying the companies long term future doesn’t matter. Even some commentators are questioning the logic of lazily ploughing on with this now. I guess he thinks he can fire more... — read more
To dos before leaving
being let go in a week (Houston-based). What should I do other than sign the paperwork? Been here only 6 years and 51 years age. No health insurance. Taking pension as a lump sum because it is too small.
Looking forward to Shell second quarter results and announcements
Any thoughts on how second quarter results will turn out and what announcements may be made?
Reduced severance
Is it true that our severance is being cut to 1 week for every year served, no more than 10 weeks total?
Shell Engineers working with functional support teams
For the Shell Engineers, if you teamed up with staff from the various different functional support teams in US/CA/NL/UK (average total comp: $175k-$200k) for a project and you found out 80% of the work (Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation... — read more
trump-says-days-of-us-companies-hiring-in-india-are-over
https://www.news18.com/business/economy/trump-says-days-of-us-companies-hiring-in-india-building-factories-in-china-are-over-ws-l-9460458.html preach countries without any production on their soil should not be doing work related to it just... — read more
US Townhall
Look I’m usually in lock step with the cynics on this board, but I thought Wall-E was honest and straight forward, Gretch was so so on the farewell, and Cole a lil cheesy with the soak it in moment, but that was one of the better US town halls in the... — read more
For Shell employees that are 49 and younger
For Shell employees that are 49 and younger, how optimistic are you about your career at Shell in regards to job security, promotional opportunities, and working on interesting assignments?
For Shell employees that are 50 and older
For the age 50 and older that have anxiety over the constant reorgs, what is stopping you from downsizing your lifestyle and retiring?
How best to apply for promotion in Shell Bangalore based position?
Hello. This is GP. I work in the Bangalore office (SBO) Lots of hiring right now in my group and adjacent teams. Skip said about 900 more hires expected in IDT in next 6 months. But with too many people comes many problems. How to identify promotion... — read more
What's My Job Again?
I rolled outta bed to my fifth Teams call, Pretendin’ to care while they say nothin’ at all. VPs from Europe on my screen again, Stealin’ Deepwater budgets for their wind farms with a grin. Talkin’ in circles, no clue what’s next, But here’s a new... — read more
this company is very well run
wow i love working here Let me tell you, every day feels like a dream come true. Incredible leadership, totally transparent and supportive in every way. Every decision made here is clearly in the best interest of both people and planet. Seriously, I... — read more
Unleash offer
Anyone get the emails for selection from the resourcing?
Upper Management seems substandard
Been in Shell for almost 2 decades and I think we are being run by substandard leadership. Not all, but a good bunch like 80%. From the CEO, to about 2 to 3 levels down. I have also seen a lot of great JG2 up people leave. What is going on? HR... — read more
We need better transparency
It feels like upper management doesn’t trust us with basic information, which is ridiculous. Instead of working together, it’s like we’re kept in the dark and told to just follow orders. It's really hard to keep yourself motivated when everything... — read more
Did anybody else get a “US IDT Narrative” meeting?
Multiple invites were sent out with different groups and times. Are we about to get mass fired? YL has been getting a lot sneakier since they said no official reorg.
Project Starburst
Email was sent out yesterday. Anyone have more info on it?
BP Appoints Ex-Shell Veteran and CFO Simon Henry to Board
BP Appoints Ex-Shell Veteran and CFO Simon Henry to Board
Will YL get terrible results again in this years SPS?
I bet he thinks that doing a meeting with f1 drivers will make us all happy. His questions were ridiculous trying to compare what Ferrari do to his firing and cost cutting s t show.
Eni and Shell told to hand control of key gas processing project to Kazakh state
Eni and Shell told to hand control of key gas processing project to Kazakh state player Astana seeking swift transfer of contractual and other rights to avoid delaying priority project's... — read more
New Reorg ?????
There are some rumors that there will be a new Reorg announced early next year for IG and upstream units. Any thoughts/confirmations?
AI Will Take our Jobs
Major AI lab Anthropic recently let their Claude model run a vending machine. Claude rejected 566% profit margins and gave away inventory while claiming to wear business clothes. This is terrifying. It's not just capable of replacing office... — read more
Workforce Impact from BP Acquisition
If Shell buys BP, the combined workforce is close to 200,000 people. How do you think this plays out for employees in the core and support functions?